北京语言大学外语专业综合水平测试英语历年真题版.docVIP

. . . 《学位英语综合水平测试》第 PAGE 4 页 共 NUMPAGES 5 页 参考学习 此试卷仅为真题，学位英语考试不提供模拟试题。 Network Education College, BLCU Language Proficiency Test for Graduates Majoring in English 注意： 1．试卷保密，考生不得将试卷带出考场或撕页，否则成绩作废。请监考老师负责监督。 2．请各位考生注意考试纪律，考试作弊全部成绩以零分计算。 3．本试卷满分100分，答题时间为120分钟。 4．本试卷分为试题卷和答题卷。 5．所有试题答案，均应写在答题卷上，写在试题卷上不得分。 试 题 卷 Part I Reading Comprehension (1.5 * 20)+5=35% Section A (30%) Directions：There are four passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements．For each of them there are four choices marked A），B），C）and D）．You should decide on the best choice and write the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet. Text A Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage: He was a funny looking man with a cheerful face, good natured and a great talker. He was described by his student, the great philosopher Plato, as “the best and most just and wisest man.” Yet, the same man was condemned to death for his belief. The man was the great philosopher, Socrates, and he was condemned for not believing in the recognized gods and for corrupting young people. The second charge stemmed from his association with numerous young men who came to Athens from all over the civilized world to study under him. Socrates’ method of teaching was to ask questions and, by pretending not to know the answers, to press his students into thinking for themselves. His teachings had unsurpassed influence on all the great Greek and Roman schools of philosophy. Yet, for all his fame and influence, Socrates himself never wrote a word. Socrates encouraged new ideas and free thinking in the young, and this was frightening to the conservative people. They wanted him silenced. Yet, many were probably surprised that he accepted death so readily. Socrates had the right to ask for lesser penalty, and he probably could have won over enough of the people who had previously condemned him. But Socrates, as affirm believer in law, reasoned that it